If you pass through certain parts of Bangladesh, especially in bazaars or marketplaces, some of us will instantly notice the lack of women. And that usually means no women shopkeepers, no women shoppers, and no women walking on the sidewalk or standing and waiting for a bus. I have often crossed districts and major business […]
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Social media offers connection for queer Egyptians, but also exposes them to surveillance, entrapment, and harassment under expanding cybercrime laws This story was produced under the Feminist Journalist Fellowship, it is part of a series highlighting the work of our fellows, developed in collaboration with UntoldMag and Noor. Years before Jan (preferred pronoun he), a
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This article is available in both English and العربية (Arabic) below. “I was attached, accused of being corrupt, and there was no recognition of my role” — A Sudanese activist. This article will examine the dialectical relationship between erasure and resistance under Sudan’s fascist Islamist regimes. It traces how women’s bodies and narratives have been
A mother in a pink hijab is standing unfazed before a group of police officers in armored suits. She grips a bamboo pole with the red-and-white Indonesian flag fluttering at the top, waving in the breeze. She seems to be shouting at a line of police officers clad in black armor. Behind her, rainwater pools
The brief but highly volatile flare-up of armed conflict between India and Pakistan brought several key political contradictions and dynamics in South Asia to the forefront: colonial occupations of frontier regions, militarization of politics and fascization of postcolonial national identities (Clary, 2025.) Particularly within India, the escalation of fascism ever since the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya
